Originally Posted by 1minute
Until I actually saw it, I would not have believed they could soar in circles with essentially no wing movement for hours. Give them some thermals and they can circle from one horizon to the other with nary stroke.


Once they start to soar on thermals they can go very high. Occassionally we go to a large shallow lake that has breeding colony and can get some flight shots. Here are a few for you.

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Last edited by HughW; 01/12/13.

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